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"Building communicative bridges in a tri-racial setting" I.
Leroy Scott Re-Elected To
Indian Commission Board
Lumbee Regional Development Association announces
the re-election of Leroy Scott to the North Carolina
Commmistion of Indian Affairs Board of Directors for a
three year term. Scott ran unopposed in the August 2,
election.
Scott has devoted much of his life to working with
Indian people on cultural, educational, legal and
governmental issues.
The N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs is a state
agency created by the General Assembly to represent the
interests of Indian people and act as an advocacy agency.
Hie Commission's purpose is to assure the rights of
Indians to pursue their cultural, social and religious
traditions and to increase economic and educational
opportunities for Indians throughout the state.
The official swearing-in ceremony will be held
September 7 in Raleigh during the regularly scheduled
meeting of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs.
Secretary of State James Lofton will administer the Oath
of Office.
ROBESON DEMOCRATS TO MEET FOR BREAKFAST
The Robeson County Democratic Party will have a 1
"dutch" breakfast on Saturday morning, September 22 at |
7:90 a.m. at the Park Inn Restaurant (old Holiday Inn) off
[-95 in Lumberton. Congressman Charlie Rose is to be the
guest speaker. For more informations all Lee Helen
Thompson, county chairperson at 628-6761 or 739-7611.
Dinner & Rally I'I an tied For County Democrats
Hie Robeson County Democrats will sponsor a dinner
and rally Thursday evening, Sept 27 at 6 p.m. at the Bill
Sapp Recreation Center in Lumberton. Cost is $5 per
person. Come meet and greet the Democratic candidates.
University Theatre Holds Auditions At PSU
The University Theatre at PSU will hold auditions for
Larry Gelbart's and Stephen Soundheim's Tony award
winning musical A funny Thing Happened on the Way to
the F&ntm September 12 and 18, 7:80 p.m. in the
Performing Arts Center's Main Auditorium.
Roles are available for eight men and seven women.
ages 18 and older. For those who have never auditioned
before, a "pre-audition" workshop will be held at 7:30
p.m. on Thursday, September 6 in the Center.
The ptay, to be directed by Dr. Chet Jordan of PSU, will
run November 8-10. FY>r further information, call
521-0778 or 1-800-307-0778.
NC INDIAN HOUSING AUTHOR IT Y TO MEET
Hie North Carolina State Indian Housing Authority
will hold its annual Board of Commissioner's meeting on
Monday, September 10. Hie meeting will be held at the
Administrative office of the Housing Authority, located at
2200 Indian Creek Road, Fayettevilie, NC at 7 p.m.
The public is invited to attend. For additional
infonnation please contact Gregory Richardson,
Executive Director. N.C. State Indian Housing Authority,
P.O. Box 2343, Fayetteville, NC 28302. (919) 483-5073.
GNAA Plans Pow-Wow
The traditional sound of Native American music
welcomes you and your family to a festival of
celebration of our heritage. Guilford Native
American Association is holding their 14th annual
pow wow at the Guilford County Fairgrounds, off
Penny Koad, in High Point, NC. September 21 and
22.
Native Americans from acioss tl< stale and na
tion will compete in dance comp?i*n?n lor more
than S4.UU0 in prize money lor dancers and drums.
The Running Water Singers of lu>cttcvillc. NC . '
be the host drum. Many tribal dancers will he pi.
sent, including the Eastern Hand of Cherokee,
I.umbces, Haliwa-Saponi, W aci .uuaw-Siouaii, ?
Coharie, Tuscarora, Cheyenne. I . n-Occancechi.
Sioux, Seminole, Western Haiti) ? he Cherokee
and others. Dancer registration will I c held Friday,
September 21, between 5-7 p.m. and Saturday bet
ween 10 a.m. and noon. Opening ceremonies and
grand entries will be 7 p.m. Friday; I and 7 p.m.
Saturday.
Gospel singing lor your enjoyment will lie
featured Saturday from II a.in. until 12 noon. In
dian traders and craftspeople from all over the .
region will offer their an for sale and Native cooks
will keep you filled with fry bread, Navajo tacos
and other delicious foods. Camping space for tents
and lipis and plenty of parking is available. Admis
sion is $2 per person, SI lor Senior Cili/ens and
children six and mulct admitted lice. I lie general
public is welcome.
Since seating is limited, the pith c is advised to
bring.Hunkcts, folding chairs, etc.
We respectfully request that no alcoholic
t leverages or illegal drugs be hi ought to the festival
grounds, l or further informal ion contact, Guilloid
Native American Association. Inc. in Grcciisboio
at 919-27.1-8686.
I his pow wow was made possible with a grant
from the Greensboro Area Visitors and Convention
bureau.
Chris
"War Eagle"
Chavis to
perform in area
Chria "War Eagia" Chavia, tba Lumbaa profaaalonal
?rustling Mar of tha NorUi American Wrestling
Association wfli ba appearing aa a haadUnor for tha BO
Shpp Recreation Canter in Lum barton on Friday night,
September 14, 1990.
Quia, born in Robaaon County, baa bono friands and
nbBm in thia area This will ba hia dm opportunity to
wiwatla piufaaaiunaliy in front of a homatown crowd.
Hia achaduiad opponant ia Robert Fullar, tba
Itoimai Stud, currently tba laagua Heavyweight
Champion.
footer* ara poated throughout tba county with details of
tba avanta. There ara Ova big match#* aehadlod with War
Eagia in tba Main Event.
Now ia tha time to coma out and aaa War Eagia to
action. Ticket* will ba on aala aoon at Southara Interior*,
Union CHapal Road. fombrahs and at KimbraU*
Furniture on tha Baia in Lumbarton.
Lat'a ahow our support for our flrat Lumbaa
prnfaaainnal wraatiar. Take tha family and friands and
*pand ? Friday night at tha Bill Skpp Recreation Canter in
\ wbarton baginning at 8 p.m. September 4, 1990.
Pembroke Kiwanis Meet
Program Chairman CRyton May
nor presented Mr. Bruch Thompson,
Adult Probation Officer for the State
of North Carolina. The weekly
meeting was held at the Town and
Country Restaurant on Tuesday
evening.
"The probation officer works very
closely with the Court system and
they have very little to do with the
prison system. There are three levels
of the probation system-regular
probation, intensive probation and
work release probation."
Intensive officers* have a smaller
case load and are armed. They see
their clients four to five times a week.
Regular probation officers are not
armed and have about 100 clients.
Their work is not as dangerous as the
intensive probation officers.
The electronic house arrest is
techincally advanced. The band on
the prisoner is connected with the
telephone line and if the prisoner
goes beyond 200 feet it is recorded by
computer and the officers are
notified. The prisoner's voice is
recorded and identified.
The work release program works
the same way as the house arrest It
even wakes the person up and
records his out of hosue where
a bouts. There are three officers in
Lumberton working with the house
arrest program.
There are 18,000 in prison in North
Carotins, so house arrest helps to
relieve this number. There ate
77,000 on regular probation in North
Carolina. Eleven million dollars is
collected in fines. Restitution is
difficult In Robeson County there
are 2,028 on regular probation, 233
on work release, 70 on house arrest
"People must get involved, evil
fkuinshes when good men do no
thing. Standing still means backing
up," Mr. Thompson explained.
LL Gov. D.C. Adams of Wilming
ton explained the main emphasis is
being extended to three years. It is
dealing with the abuse of children of
one to five yean. And it is hoped this
will help.
Presiding Mitch Lowry; Song
leader Eld Teets; Invocation- Pete
Jacobs; Program- Clay Maynor,
Reporter Ken Johnson.
Revival
Planned
Revival services will begin at
Harper's Perry Baptist Church on
September 16 and continue through
the 21st Services begin Sunday
night at 7 p.m. and Monday- Friday
at 7:30 p.m. The pastor, Steve Jones,
and the congregation invites every
one to attend the annual revival. The
guest evangelist wfll be Ernest Best
of Eufaula, Oklahoma.
Revival
Planned
The annual fall revival will begin at
Union Chapel Community Baptist
Church on Sunday, September 6.
Service will begin on Sunday night at
7 p.m. and continue throughout the
week at 7:80 p.m.
Visiting ministers for the week will
be Rev. Roy Clark and Rev. Johnny
Pastor.
The pastor, Rev. Jimmy Strickland
and the congregation extend a
cordial invitate to the public to
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PI A &
OPEN HOUSE
PLANNED
Piney Grove School's PTA and
Open House will be held Tuesday,
September 11, 1990 at 7:30 p.m.
Principal Grady Lockiear encourages
all parents to attend.
Applications
Accepted For
Tomahawk
Meadows Apts.
Greg Richardson, Executive Di
rector, hu announced that the North
Carolina State Indian Housing Au
thority will take applications for ita
1991 waiting list beginning Septem
ber 17, 1990 between the hours of 9
a.m. and 4 p.m. at teh Haliwa Indian
Tribal Administrative offices, mobile
unit, located approximately one mile
south of Essex, North Carolina.
Applications will be accepted on
Monday and Tuesdays only, during
the above hours.
The telephone number for the
Indian Housing Authority is (9191
586-2868.
All applicants must provide the
following information:
Independent verification of income
for all family members that will live
there; verification of housing prefe
rence, a preference for housing is a
family who pays 50 percent of their
income towards rent; a displaced
family; a family who currently lives
in substandard housing; criminal
recrods verfication; picture identifi
cation- a copy of identification must
be attached to each application.
Applications will be taken contin
uously, weekly at the above prescri
bed time and place until there is
sufficient applications on file to fill
projected vacancies for the fiscal year
1991.
Direct inquiries to: Connie Jackson
assistant executive director. North
Caoriina State Indian Housing Au
thority, P.O. Box 2364, Fayetteville.
North Carolina 28302. (919) 483-5073
Indian Housing Authority will
accept applications for Tomahawk
Meadows Apartments.
Judge rules military personnel,
retirees can sue state for taxes
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A federal Judge has ruled that
federal government retirees and
military personnel may pursue a
suit accusing the state of colled
ing millions of dollars in unconsti
tutional income taxes from them
U.S. District Judge Malcolm J.
Howard on Thursday denied a
motion by the state to dismiss the
suit The state, he said, offered an
"inadequate" remedy to those
seeking refunds.
Further, he said former state
Revenue Secretary Helen A. Pow
ers. who was sued individually,
may be liable individually for
damages Under a state law, the
state would nay such damages
But the Judge dismissed the
plaintiffs* claims for refunds from
state officials in their official
capacities who were not sued
individually, saying the llth
Amendment barred federal courts
from awarding such damages.
The plaintiffs also seek refunds
in a related class-action suit in
Wake Superior Court Their law
yers. in the firm of Womble
Cartyle Sandridge ft Rice, con
tend the state owes up to 140
million a year, dating back at
least to MB. to oomo 110.000
Individuals
The suits contend state Income
tax laws discriminated against
federal retirees and active-duty
military personnel and rsaorvists
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court
ruled It unconstitutional tor Mates
to tax federal pensions without
if?i>h th?t t of state and local
(nwuntnt retimes
Until last year, the state ex
empted state retirees' benefits
front income taxes but granted
only a $4,000 exemption to federal
pensions Until this year, the state
also granted a (1.300 exemption on
state income taxes to members of
the N.C. National Guard without
allowing a similar benefit to other
military personnel.
The state had sought dismissal
of the suit based on a federal
statute prohibiting federal suits
over stale taxes as long as a state
offers "a plain, speedy and effi
cient remedy."
But in North Carolina's case.
Judge Howard concluded, the
remedy "is not plain, speedy and
efficient " Instead, he said, stale
officials had caused confusion by
announcing different rules for
getting refunds
The state Revenue Department
originally told taxpayers they
could demand refunds within
three years of paying taxes. But
Just before the filing deadline for
int. the state announced a differ
ent rule, saying retirees had to
demand refunds within $0 days of
payment. That barred thousands
of retirees from receiving re
funds.
But the atate cannot administer
the $eday rule because it does not
seta the date of returns filed
before the April IS deodline.
Judge Howard said Instead, the
state assumes the data a return is
signed is the date of payment,
rogsnfieee of when It was filed
Therefore, a retiree loon the
chance to demand a refund if he
flies a return more than 30 days
after signing it.
. And the Judge said a new state
law for granting refunds to feder
al retirees who paid income tax on
their pensions for ISM was made
quate The law allows such retir
ees to claim a tax credit in
installments over three years,
beginning with tax year 1990
The remedy, he said, failed to
consider the "time value" of the
retirees' money Some retirees,
he said, will not live long enough
to collect the credits, and others
may not he able to use the credit
because they won't have tax lia
bility. And he noted that the taw
did not cover military personnel
sacking refunds
The Judge also rejected immu
nity for Ms Powers, who left
office in April. She contended the
US. Supreme Court's decision
last year had established a new
rule of law that previously had
been unclear But Judge Howard
said that the court's ruling was
inevitable and that potential prob
lems with North Carolina s sys
tem had been noted for years
"Powers had the statutory re
sponsibility to regulate, monitor,
advise and act upon problems in
administering the state tax code."
he said "Nevertheless, she col
lected unconstitutional taxes that
Me Mould have known were
unconstitutional"
Lawyers tot the state Attorney
General's Office, representing
Ms Powers and other slate offi
dais, could not be reacted for
comment
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